Mother, is Maxwell house really the only coffee in the world?

Well your father says so, and your father knows best.

Yes, it's father knows best, transcribed in Hollywood, starring Robert Young as father.

A half hour visit with your neighbors the Anderson's.

Brought to you by America's favorite coffee, Maxwell house.

The coffee that's always good to the last drop.

A decade or so before the turn of the 20th century, the city editor of the New York Sun came up with a remarkably simple definition of news.

When a dog bites a man, he said, that is not news because it happens so often.

But if a man bites a dog, that is news.

Well in Springfield in the White Framehouse on Maple Street, news may very well be in the making.

Nothing unusual has happened thus far, but it's quite possible that before the week is out, a man named Anderson will bite a dog like this.

Holy cow, dad, I couldn't help it.

But when you signed the good driving plate.

But I wasn't even driving, dad, the car was just sitting there.

And the fender dropped off all by itself.

Sure.

But that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.

But it's true, dad.

I wouldn't be surprised if the whole car fell apart.

Is that so? There's nothing wrong with the car and you know it.

Daddy.

What is it, Kathy?

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